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Patented Jan. 28, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH O. GAITHER AND WILLIAM H. HART, JR, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA; SAID GAITHER ASSIGNOR TO SAID HART.

RETAINING-PIN FOR SCARFS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,050, dated January28, 1890.

Application filed December 21, 1888. Serial No. 294,303. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOSEPH C. GAITHER and WILLIAM H. HART, J r., bothof the city of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inRetaining-Pins for Scarfsor Neck-Tear, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to that class of retaining-pins made from wirebent to such shape as to secure it to the shield or some part of thescarf; and the invention consists in the peculiar constructionhereinafter more particularly described, and then definitely claimed.

A more detailed description of our improved pin may be attained byreference to the accompanying drawings, in which similar lettersthroughout the several views represent similar parts.

Figure 1 represents a front view of a shield with the improved pin inposition; Fig. 2, a rear view of same shield with improved pin inposition; Fig. 3, a view of our improved pin previous to being fastenedto the shield. Fig. 4 represents a piece of wire pointed at both endsand having one end flattened, from which our improved pin may be made;Fig. 5, a view of our pin by itself looked at obliquely.

A represents the first bend or loop in the pin; B, the second bend,these being at right angles to each other; C, the body of the pin; D,the first turn at the upper extremity of the pin, which turn is parallelto the plane of the second loop B, or substantially at right angles tothe body 0; E, the second turn in the upper portion parallel to theplane of the first loop A.

. F and G are, respectively, the upper and lower points of the pin. Theend F, being the upper end, may be flattened, so as to facilitate thebending; but this is not essential to our invention. To insert the pinin the shield, the lower point G is passed downward through the shielduntil the shield rests in the first loop A. The second loop B, the bodyof the pin 0, and first upper turn D then lie uponthe shield, and thesecond upper turn E is passed through the shield and turned end of thescarf-band when in use.

back on the shield with flat side resting prevents the pin from beingdisengaged from the shield and slipping out of place.

We deem it important that there shall be a bend D substantially at rightangles to the body 0, inasmuch as it forms a means of preventing the pinfrom rising out of place when its point is being inserted in the free Weconsider the flattening of the pin at the upper part F as an improvementalso, as it enables the last bend to be readily made and forms a largerholding-surface on the fabric.

' We are aware of the devices shown in the United States Patents Nos.238,667, 342,355, and 376,047, and make no claim here to anything showntherein, as we regard our inven tion as essentially difierent from saiddevices. The Patent N 0. 238,667 presents but little resemblance to ourdevice. The pin shown in the Patent No. 342,355 requires a verycomplicated system of bends, and it is necessary to bend the same in twoplaces after it is inserted in the stock to make it as secure as ours,and in the Patent No. 376,047, although the pin has a part correspondingto our part D, it has nothing corresponding to our partE, andconsequently the pin will more readily rise out of place when in use.

Having fully described our invention, what we desire to secure and claimby Letters Patent is 1. As an improved article of manufacture, aretaining-pin for a scarf, comprising a pointed part G, bends A and B, acentral or body part 0, a short part D, at right angles to the bodypart, and another short part E, pointed and flattened to adapt it toenter a scarf-shield and to be bent parallel -to said part D and toclamp the material of the scarfshield between said parts D and E,substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a scarf-shield, of a retaining-pin comprising apointed part G, bends A and B, a central or body part 0, and short partsD and E, at right angles to the body 0, said bend A being in a hole inthe shield, the upper portion of the part G and the lower portion ofpart 0 being on opposite sides of the shield, and the parts D and Ebeing also on opposite sides of the shield and clamping it between them,all substan- IO tially as shown and described.

JOSEPH O. GAITHER. WILLIAM H. HART, JR. In presence of JOSEPH F. HENRY,J. MURRAY GUILBERT.

